FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 202 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) OCC Rule Protects High-Cost Lenders that use Rent-a-Bank Schemes to Evade State Interest Rate Laws Washington, D.C. – Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center applaud the U.S. House vote to overturn the OCC’s “fake lender” rule, which allows predatory lenders to evade [...]

Maryland Joins New York, Illinois, Connecticut, and Ohio to Rein in Abuses by Competitive Energy Supply Companies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 7, 2021 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org Washington, D.C. – National Consumer Law Center advocates applauded Maryland’s General Assembly for passing the Energy Supply Reform Bill (SB31/HB397). The effort was led [...]

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) sent a joint letter to Michael Thurmond, Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County, Georgia, in response to the County’s recent announcement that it will lift its water disconnection moratorium and resume disconnections on July 1, 2021. In the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 13, 2021 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or April Kuehnhoff (akuehnhoff@nclc.org) Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act (HR 2547), sponsored by Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), which would bring much needed clarity and reforms to stop [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2021 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) Boston - National Consumer Law Center advocates applaud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for two recently announced policy changes that will help homeowners avoid unnecessary foreclosures. HUD’s reverse mortgage policy change, announced in Mortgagee Letter 2021-11, will [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 11, 2021 Contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) Diop Harris (diop@ourfinancialsecurity.org) Rachel Gittleman (rgittleman@consumerfed.org) Mike Saunders (mikesaunders@veteranseducationsuccess.org) Matthew Kravitz (matthew.kravitz@responsiblelending.org) Washington, D.C. -  In a 52 - 47 vote tonight, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn the OCC’s “fake lender” rule, which allows predatory lenders to evade state interest rate laws by putting a [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 11, 2021 Contact: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) Program aims to bring affordable broadband internet service to low-income households WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tomorrow, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will launch the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a temporary FCC program to help families and households struggling to afford broadband internet [...]